Land-marker.



"R. v. BARRY.

LA ND MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. I917- 1%6339970 Y Patented Apr. 23,1918.

markers such as phiniters and the min erase rarnnr {RICHARD vinnrinv, or navnrvronr, rows, nssieivon To Benny auroluarto MARKER l 00., or navnnron'r, IOWA.

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Z '0 .(tZZ whom it ay concern I in; it known that I, RIoi-IARD Baum,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, inthe county of Scott and State or Iowa, have invented new and useful lm n'oven'ients in lianddilarkers, of which" the following is a specification.

My present invention has todo with land are ordinarily used on corn to marking runners and the swingin arms by which saidrunners are carried, and the connections of therunners to the arms, all as hereinafter. described and definitely claimed. I

In the accompanying drawings, which are hereby made a part hereof:

igure 1 is a top plan view of so much of a corn planter as is necessary to illustrate thev application of my improved run ner and runner connection to the marker arm of the planter, it being understood that the marker arm is duplicated at the opposite side of the planter, that the two arms transversely at the back thereof, the arm 3,

are capable of swinging in the ordinary well known manner, and that they are connected through the medium of a cable to enable the one to move the other.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged back view of the runner.

Fig. 3 is an outer edge elevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the runner.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings. Y

The planter frame 1, the bar 2 arranged the cable st and the means for guiding the cable may be of the ordinary, Well known construction as may also the connection of the arm 3 with the bar 2 or other suitable part of the frame; it being simply necessary that said connection be of such character as to enable the arm to swing. up wardlv and inwardly. and downwardly and outwardly incidental to the traverse of the planter, as hereinafter described.

My novel runner for marking is num bered 5, its clamping bolt'6, and the nut complementary to the bolt 7. 7

By comparison of Figs. 2, 3 and 4, it will be observed that the runner 5 is curved somewhat after the manner of the mold board of a plow- 11. 6., is curved throughout Application fiieaaui as, an. serial a... 183,291.

like, and more particularly wfipecificaticil of Letters E'atent. P t t dapnfig, 191%.

its lower portion lengthwise, as indicated by 6 in Figs. 2, 3 and 4,, and is also curved in tliedirection oflits width or twisted; as

provision being calculated to enable the runner to clraw and to hold itself in the portion of the runner is forwardly from the transverse vertical plane of the upper por tionof the runner. Because of this and the flat faceof the runner, see Fig. l, the runner will stronglvhold itself in the ground incidental to the turning of the planter at the end of a field, so that the other or opposite marker arm, ground andthe runner thereon will catch into the ground and by virtue of the flat facin of said runner will strongly engage the ground with the result that the arm 3 illustrated will be pulled upwardly and inwardlyalongside of the planter frame.

As best shown in 3 the upper portion of the runner 5 is looped. asindicated by 10, to straddle the arm 3, which is of circular form in cross-section, and the upper terminal portion of the runner and the major portion thereof are provided with alined apertures for the reception of a headed and threaded bolt, before referred to as num bered 6, which carries the nut 7. Thus the runner can be loosened and tightened in order to set the shoe at any angle from the vertical, and because of this and the lengthwise curvature of the runner, the said runner may be made to make any kind of mark desired, from a very light one to one in which the runner is practically buried in the around.

It will be noticed that the bolt 6 is disposed adjacent to the arm 3, and that there is considerable space between the terminal portion of the runner and the major portion thereof, and in consequence when the nut is turned up on the bolt the looped portion of the runner will be strongly clamped on :the circular arm to hold the runner against indicated by a in rig e and at near not shown, drops to the so i ' sive in construction, 'and'is adapted to be producedwithr facilit' gand is also adapted t0 lastin good. working order for an indefirjallelwith, said arm portion 'and'having a fnite period; I p

Havingdescribed my invention, what 'I claim and desire to secure by L etters Patent. is

gle piece of metal pendent from and parloop straddlingsaid arm portion and formed 3 bythe-major'portionoi the'runnerjanda 1 terminal portion which is separated-by an' intervening space from themajor portion,

and also" having said major portion ar- 1 ranged with its width longitudinal of the arm, and further having the lower part of the major portion curved lengthwise forwardly and curved also in the direction of 1 its width, a headed and threaded bolt extending through alined apertures in the terminal portion and major portion of the runner and disposed below and in spaced relation to the arm, and a nut arranged exteriorly of the runner and mounted on the threaded portion of said bolt.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD V. BARRY.

'Witnesses: WALDo BECKER, J. F. Sormononn.

, icopi'esjof tli is patent m y be obtained for fivece'nts each, By addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' 1 Washington, D. G. 

